'Daughter-in-law' of Pakistan Sania Mirza not fit to be Telangana's brand ambassador

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'Daughter-in-law' of Pakistan Sania Mirza not fit to be Telangana's brand ambassador: BJP

Telangana BJP leader K Laxman today flayed the TRS government's decision to appoint tennis star Sania Mirza as brand ambassador of the newly carved-out state, terming her as "daughter-in-law" of Pakistan and questioning her credentials for the honour.
Sania was born in Maharashtra and settled in Hyderabad only later and, hence, is a "non-local", he told reporters here and sought to dub her as "daughter-in-law" of Pakistan, pointing out that she was married to that country's cricketer Shoaib Malik. The 27-year-old tennis player had never participated in agitation for a separate state of Telangana, said Laxman who is leader of BJP in Telangana legislative assembly.
Laxman accused the government of taking the step with an eye on the minority community votes in upcoming elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Handing over a grant of Rs 1 crore here yesterday, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao appointed Sania as brand ambassador of Telangana and described her as a daughter of Hyderabad.
Sania Mirza responded to the objections on Twitter by saying, "I pray for those whi cannot be happy for others 'Daughter-in-law' of Pakistan Sania Mirza not fit to be Telangana's brand ambassador: BJP | Latest News & Updates at Daily News &am...
 
Tennis star Sania Mirza clarifies, I will be an Indian till I die!

Hyderabad, Jul 24:Tennis star Sania Mirzaon Thursday said she will “remain an Indian until the end”, after a politician attacked the Telangana governmentfor naming her the state’s ambassador. “I am married to Shoaib Malik, who is from Pakistan. I am an Indian, who will remain an Indian until the end of my life,” Sania said in a statement here.
She said she was hurt that prominent politicians and the media were wasting precious time “on a petty issue of my being appointed the brand ambassador of my state Telangana. “I sincerely believe that this precious time should be spent on solving the more urgent issues of our state and the country.”
Mirza’s statement came a day after Telangana BJP leader K. Laxman accused the state governmentof picking Sania as its brand ambassador and giving her a grant in a bid to appease Muslims. Sania said she was born in India and came to Hyderabad when she was three-weeks-old.
She said her forefathers had lived in Hyderabad for more than a century. “My grandfather, Mohammed Zaffer Mirza, started his career as an engineer in Nizam’s Railways in Hyderabad in 1948 and died in his ancestral home in Hyderabad. “My great grandfather, Mohd Ahmed Mirza, was also born and raised in Hyderabad. He was chief engineer, Water Works, Hyderabad, and was responsible for constructing the famous Gandipet dam.
“My great, great grandfather, Aziz Mirza, was the home secretary under the Nizam in Hyderabad and worked tirelessly for relief works during the historic Musi river floods of 1908. “So, my family belongs to Hyderabad for more than a century and I strongly condemn any attempts by any person, whosoever, to brand me an outsider.” Tennis star Sania Mirza clarifies, I will be an Indian till I die! | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at India.com
 
Daughter in Law is different from a Daughter, She is India's daughter and has all rights to be an ambassador of an Indian state.
 
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